WaPo forms strategic partnership with OpenAI
The Washington Post formed a strategic partnership with OpenAI “to make high-quality news more accessible in ChatGPT. As part of this partnership, ChatGPT will display…
Dov Hoffman named national volunteer of the year by AMA
The American Marketing Association announced that Dov Hoffman of the AMA Baltimore Chapter is the 2025 Ric Sweeney Professional Chapter Volunteer of the Year award winner.…
Google to keep third-party cookies on Chrome
Google will keep third-party cookies on Chrome and abandon its previously publicized plans to introduce an opt-out mechanism that would have allowed users to…
Teens wary of social media’s impact on their peers, states new report
A new Pew Research Center report finds teens are growing more wary of social media’s impact on their peers. According to the report, roughly half…
Antihero and Taoti Creative hit all the right notes for DC Lottery’s new “Scratcher Symphony” broadcast campaign
Antihero, a full-service creative production agency based in the Baltimore/DC Metro area, teamed up with Taoti and the Office of DC Lottery and Gaming…
WaPo adds James Edward Murray as Head of Business Development
The Washington Post announced the addition of James Edward Murray as Director and Head of Business Development, a newly created role designed to drive growth across…
Two ad agency conglomerates offer positive, if cautious, outlook for 2025
Two big advertising agency conglomerates are offering positive, if cautious, news about 2025 advertising, reports Inside Radio. Executives at Omnicom and Publicis said it remains a…
CNN “reversed course” in D.C. bureau leadership
Less than a month after CNN significantly revamped political coverage by removing senior vice president Adam Levine, above, from his role overseeing its D.C. bureau…
Court rules Google has illegal monopoly in ad sales
A federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled that Google’s advertising technology unit is an illegal monopoly, in the second of two Justice Department antitrust cases…
Advertisers “paralyzed” by tariffs, states NY Times post
Tariffs mean uncertainty for agencies and their clients. According to the New York Times: Should a retailer commit to holiday television commercials for toys manufactured by…
Time spent with media to fall “precipitously” in 2025
The good news is consumer time spent with media continues to rise, but the bad news, states MediaDailyNews, is the share of time it spends with…
State of Wikipedia report for April 2025
This month’s Chaos Index sits at 77, a 17% increase from March. This increase comes primarily from a significant increase in conflict of interest-related…
Agency updates from Avoq, Adfero and Maltin PR
Avoq adds Lindsey Seidman, above, to its government relations staff. Seidman, states a release, “is a 20+ year veteran of the United States Senate with experience…
Nominations open for WWPR’s Emerging Leaders Awards
Each year, the WWPR Emerging Leaders Awards ceremony recognizes outstanding young women in public relations who are making a significant impact early in their careers. This…
Chuck Todd launches now-independent “unscripted” and free of “spin” Toddcast
Chuck Todd, former NBC and MSNBC political director and host, released the first episode of his now-independent podcast. In the premiere, a sit-down interview…
